If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

What is "click-fraud"?

Old news probably, but 'grats Notung!

http://www.skepticblogs.com/debunkingch ... od-people/

And by "spite" I mean mildly relevant comments of a jockulary type.

pathetic.jpg Is this real, or have you photoshopped it? Because I really can't parse the enormous stupidity of this statement. true: https://twitter.com/rebeccawatson/status/241227112940466176 Oh dear... Well, I'm in a good mood today 'cause I'm not ill and I'm going to a friend's wedding in Monaco...

sacha wrote:
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Is this real, or have you photoshopped it? Because I really can't parse the enormous stupidity of this statement.

The Justicar is a genius. Pompous at times, but a genius.

I don't get that resurrection image with the super-imposed FTB faces. I've seen a few people now call it 'cruel' and 'nasty' but why? Am I just not understanding the joke? The century old fresco of Jesus was ruined by a woman blinded by her own ineptitude and arrogance (at any point she could have ...

Didn't someone contact the person sending the "threat" mail to Benson and assure her that their motives were noble?

Ok, Old stuff.

One of his best answers. It's funny how the host doesn't get the nuances of Hitch's response. Women can work, but if they don't want to , they don't have to. She turns it into some kind of "women shouldn't work, they should stay at home", which I find weird. Says more about the host than about Hitc...

Ah, why was I worried? [youtube]bpA7pfR0FIc[/youtube] One of his best answers. It's funny how the host doesn't get the nuances of Hitch's response. Women can work, but if they don't want to , they don't have to. She turns it into some kind of "women shouldn't work, they should stay at home", which ...

Here is my take on this latest developement: I hereby reject the term "feminist" for identifying myself. Not because it is a bad term, or a bad phylosophy, but because it has been highjacked by a bunch of crybabies who would make any True(c) Feminist, or any woman for that matter, ashamed of being ...

From the cespit of lies: Prosopagnosia (Greek: "prosopon" = "face", "agnosia" = "not knowing") is a disorder of face perception where the ability to recognize faces is impaired, while the ability to recognize other objects may be relatively intact. The term originally referred to a condition followi...

Ok. Is it so hard to assert that, yes, the majority of atheists in the US are straight white males? So fucking what? What are these people fighting for?

Good luck, USA.

Here is my take on this latest developement: I hereby reject the term "feminist" for identifying myself. Not because it is a bad term, or a bad phylosophy, but because it has been highjacked by a bunch of crybabies who would make any True(c) Feminist, or any woman for that matter, ashamed of being a...

Philip of Tealand wrote:
James Onen wrote:[youtube]AWucMIRIhtk[/youtube]
She will be Shunned for sure!

Yep, that's gonna hurt a bit. I wish more "minorities" would speak out to denounce these frauds.

franc wrote:
justinvacula wrote:http://agnostichicagokie.blogspot.com/2 ... klist.html

#AtheismPlus - A Provisional Blacklist
Badge of honour. Sorry for you folks that don't cut it.

I am disapoint :(

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo35 ... studio.jpg

Atheism+:

"We don't like rich (classeism) old (ageism) privileged (classeism again) white (racism) men (sexism)".

I've got a bingo!!! Where's my toaster?

justinvacula wrote:http://i.imgur.com/ZV8ZZ.jpg

:popcorn:

And we shall PREVAIL!!!

Sorry, working on my rendition of HBO's Rome theme. I may have gotten carried away a little...

Scratch that, 6 times more. Not so privileged after all...

I really should go away more and then come back - cos each time I do the proportion of Crazy just gets better and better! Fantastic podcast Justin, really nice to hear something so down to Earth and reasonable Cheers all, hopefully the avatar is approved of, I did my best to capture a good likeness...

Justin: great podcast! See PM on FB...

Ted: Then this would mean the Empire's main objective was "more legions". It might very well have been, but I'm not so sure about that. I will make some research to try and find out if any Emperor ever tried to limit the size and power of the army. Those ancient dynamics are really quite complex (an...

The need for land to offer to soldiers I can understand. But shouldn't there be an equilibrium in this type of governing? Old soldiers die (true story), and not all of them have children. Recycle the land? What about spoils instead of land? Or social "upgrade"? Be an Equestrian if you fight for me.....

Does anybody have any idea who is actually doing the donkey work for this A+theism stuff? I know McShite came up with the original stroke of genius, but she seems, like all the rest of them, to be a typical slacktivist, having ideas and waiting for somebody else to make them happen. I'd like to kno...

Steersman wrote:
ERV wrote:"A+ theism", I mean for FUCKS SAKE!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!
Gooood point. I think they might want to rethink that particular logo â€¦.

Oh boy! Didn't notice.

Those that neglect history have no right to claim relevance in the present. If one is to make such Churchillian pronouncements, one might take pains to get one's grammar correct: "Those WHO neglect history have no right to claim relevance in the present." A- for you, young lad. http://i.imgur.com/O...

Screencaps are not that hard and would absolve themfrom accusations of exageration.

One year later...

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After more than a year posting at Abbie's (then here), I haven't received a single hate mail from anyone. Quite the contrary. We might just be doing something right here. Might also mean the assholes are only on "our" side. Or that I haven't checked my spam box lately. Or that those continuous threa...

I may have a logic crashdown on this subject, but how does the end of expension of a stable empire with definite borders, if you will, drive the downfall of said empire (or republic)? This is something I have a problem in grasping.

Shit, that was for Notung, not Rayshul.

Oh, and here I am: http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/fairyphil/sp-studio.jpg What's with all the grass and hills and castles? Not very Rock and Roll. We want to see the seedy underbelly. Come on! I'm writing Epic Fantasy Symphonic Metal. What would you expect? Rayshul: There seems to be a pa...

Indeed. You can add it to anything to illustrate why it's so silly. American Atheists+ JREF+ Skeptics+ Skepchicks+ Skeptics Guide to the Universe+ We should change the name of the Slymepit to Freethough blogs plus! FTB+ I'm thinking of starting Slymepit+. It's exactly like this plus you have to lov...

Za-zen wrote:Fuck you and your marmite, i'm slyme-marmite, if you want to be part of the marmite movement then fuck off and join it

I'm Marmite+. Top that!

Tigzy: You just got me stumped right there. Portchester is now on my travelling list! Thanksies. It should be said that aside from the castle, there's, uh, not a lot else in Portchester. However, it was the birthplace of Neil Gaiman, and there's an amazing butcher's shop there, The Twells Tradition...

This might be of interest to some of you:

http://www.forumromanum.org/history/morey26.html

I love all those things, even the Marmite. Though I'm probably some sort of heretic because I like the Marmite on rice cakes, especially tamari rice cakes. Now, that's some idea I haven't tried. I still have a jar of Marmite somewhere around (probably tamed fire or discovered the wheel (or Slood) b...

To be very clear, I have nothing against Marmite per say. I even enjoy some in my roast sandwich from time to time. But the first time I ever was in the UK (1989), my host used to serve me a big slab of bread smeared with the stuff for breakfast, and I had to eat it all or else it would be impolite....

Yeah Bhoytony, you had me until Marmite.

From 'someone' on FB: I did not write this. I only wish I did. Dictionary Plus Misogynist: One who disagrees with this woman about anything, esp. a feminist who espouses a different flavor of feminism from my own. Gender Traitor: Woman who asks another woman for evidence. Sister Punisher: Woman who ...

Michael K Gray wrote:Can anyone else see this non-shurly-aimless product that I have created with my own copyright?

Nope, requires me to sign up.

Michael K Gray wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:My bad, missed a key.
Not on stage, I trust!

Oh dear, more than you could wish for. I'm a professional key misser.

Michael K Gray wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:we still make Shoa jokes.
For those attempting to reference this word (×©×•××”), it is usually Anglicised as "Shoah"

My bad, missed a key.

Sacha: for a very good documentary about Gays and Lesbians during WWII, watch "Paragraph 175". Interestingly enough, "only" 5 Lesbians were ever sent to camp. The rest were forcefuly "reconverted" to heteosexuality. My fiancÃ©e (Jewish) has lost a grand-parent in Auschwitz. We visited a couple of ye...

Michael K Gray wrote:With thanks for Neil Armstrong, â€œReluctant heroâ€
The search for the Apollo 11 TV tapes

Thanks a lot for that.

So far, the best quality videos I've seen of Apollo XI are on the "When we left the Earth" DVD set. If you ever restore the Aussie ones, I'll be most grateful.

Waking up to the news of Neil Armstrong passing away is quite devastating. This will be a crappy sunday for me. He was one of those guys I'd never thought would die, y'know? GHng. Yes, pretty much. I'm going to re-watch "When we left the Earth", one of those rare occasions when he would be intervie...

Waking up to the news of Neil Armstrong passing away is quite devastating. This will be a crappy sunday for me.

Corylus wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Here's a thread for Rome enthusiasts.
Yep, hell raising musicians can indeed be into Roman History, in fact, and I know of one who was written about it in a peer reviewed journal. You might enjoy this paper in Classics Ireland .

Caesar Lives.

I thank thee so muchy!

Is it possible to not throw Carrier et al. under the bus yet? This stuff needs to mature...

Started worrying about a year ago...

Here you go: http://lockerz.com/s/237924438 She had enough time have stamps made for her and delivered. Quick turnaround. This will work out well for her financially. She will have the people who are already on board and buy several versions of her necklaces to get these new ones, and new people wh...

Tigzy: You just got me stumped right there. Portchester is now on my travelling list! Thanksies.

Gibbons' "The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire" The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - highly recommended. I've read the first two volumes (out of 6 - it's biiiig). There's a big chapter (Ch. XV I think) about the role of Christianity in the decline. It also reads like one of th...

From the Periodic Table thread... And I still don't get MKG's statement that the Empire relied on exponential growth. An Emperor's glory might have relied on such, Triumphs being a big deal at the time, but the Empire could have self-sustained very comfortably by the time of Marcus Aurelius' reign....

I was just arguing that the Empire relying on exponential growth seems factually wrong to me. Shades of Amy? It feels right therefore... I believe it was a self sustained entity, and didn't "need" more growth after the Hadrian Wall and the Rhine river were established as final borders (to the North...

Here's a thread for Rome enthusiasts. I was just arguing that the Empire relying on exponential growth seems factually wrong to me. Shades of Amy? It feels right therefore... I believe it was a self sustained entity, and didn't "need" more growth after the Hadrian Wall and the Rhine river were estab...

I will have to disagree and ask for sources (or civil argumentation) re: as it relied on impossible continued exponential growth and continued conquest Erm, I am so staggered as to not know where to start without sounding like a religious fundy, and ask you to read the most holy texts, starting wit...

The Roman Empire fell because of a few, but ultimately crucial, factors. I still to this day strongly suspect that had it not been divided in Western and Eastern entities, it may have perdured. In fact, it actually did, as the Eastern Empire survived until the XVth century, and the Western Empire h...

The Roman Empire fell because of a few, but ultimately crucial, factors. I still to this day strongly suspect that had it not been divided in Western and Eastern entities, it may have perdured. It could not have endured. It was mathematically bound to fail as it relied on impossible continued expon...

The Roman Empire fell because of a few, but ultimately crucial, factors. I still to this day strongly suspect that had it not been divided in Western and Eastern entities, it may have perdured. In fact, it actually did, as the Eastern Empire survived until the XVth century, and the Western Empire ha...

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